Chethan Bachireddy

Jul 26, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Chethan Bachireddy |Ashley Harrell |Andrew Barnes

Addiction treatment is essential to addressing the worsening overdose crisis in the United States. Drug overdose deaths in the United States increased more than 50 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic, from 70,630 deaths in 2019 to 107,941 deaths in 2022. Opioids are involved in the vast majority of fatal overdoses. And so, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are an essential component of effective treatment.